Occidental Mythology (The masks of God) - Softcover

Joseph Campbell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0285640577 ISBN 13: 9780285640573

Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Examining the themes that underlie the art, worship and literature of the Western world, this volume traces European consciousness from the Levantine earth goddesses of the Bronze Age to the late Middle Ages and the religions of Persia, Rome, Islam and Christian Europe.

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Review:

Campbell s words carry extraordinary weight, not only among scholars but among a wide range of other people who find his research down mythical pathways relevant to their lives today. --Time

One cannot but admire the width and diversity of Joseph Campbell s scholarship. Campbell s great gift is for fluent and engaging exposition. --New Society

Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals... a serious thinker who has been embraced by popular culture. --Newsweek

About the Author:

Joseph Campbell was the leading authority on comparative mythology of the twentieth century. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for most of his career and died in 1987. Among his many other books are The Hero with a Thousand Faces and Myths to Live By.

About this edition

• Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0285640577
• ISBN 13: 9780285640573
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576